Tech Job Market Crisis: What's Really Happening? 🔍

The tech job market is cooked... Ghosting, hiring freezes, and AI-fueled layoffs are the new normal. But there is a way forward. In this video, I reveal how AI reshaped hiring and share a proven playbook, backed by real success stories from engineers who broke into Microsoft and Google.

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00:00 The tech job market is cooked
00:35 What we’re covering and how to use it
00:51 When recruiters begged and life was easy
01:22 The AI hype era
02:11 ChatGPT launched and everything shifted
03:10 The 2023 hiring correction
03:45 CS enrollment surge floods the pipeline
04:15 The 2024 AI layoffs and Wall Street rewards pivots
05:00 AI breaks hiring: mass applications and ghosting
05:37 The 2025 reality: AI tools boost output, junior roles shrink
06:34 Hot take: if you’re only as good as AI…
07:20 The 2019 playbook is dead, raise your bar
07:39 New grad wins at Microsoft: what she did
08:47 Three resume upgrades that actually matter
09:24 Getting into Google
10:32 Build impact-driven projects, not another clone app
11:18 Use AI builders to ship and make money
11:42 The fundamentals of networking
13:05 The underrated strategy to bring offers to you